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What is a Letter of Protection? When you’re injured in an accident, you need medical care. But what do you do if you don’t have the money to get treatment until you get a settlement? Just like attorneys will sometimes work on contingency, doctors will, too. When attorneys work on contingency, they agree to…

What does a “no fault” or “fault” state mean? Fault and no-fault are different ways of dealing with auto accident claims. Most states in the United States, including Texas, are fault states. This means that when an auto accident occurs, the claim is paid by the negligent driver’s insurance. In no-fault states, of which…

What Do I Have to Prove to Win a Personal Injury Case? All court cases have a different burden of proof. You may be familiar with the phrase “beyond a reasonable doubt” from court shows or movies. That’s the burden of proof in a criminal case. In civil cases, the burden of proof is…

What to Do After a Car Accident incident are confusing and pass quickly. It is not easy to think straight after such a shock. You are likely trying to process what just happened, and simultaneously trying to figure out what to do going forward. Sometimes the other individuals in the accident may be making…

Traffic and Accident Concerns Surrounding Eagle Ford Shale The number of serious car wrecks continues to rise in the Eagle Ford Shale region of Texas. The 23-county area, stretching from Laredo to the eastern edge of the play near Huntsville, saw 236 fatalities in 2013, down from 248 the year before, but there were…

Texas Distracted Driving Law Proposals The Texas Department of Transportation attributed 94,943 traffic crashes in 2013 to distracted driving. These crashes resulted in 18,576 serious injuries and 459 deaths. Seeing as nearly one in five crashes in Texas involves driver distraction, some members of the Texas Legislature made several attempts to implement a statewide…

Collin County Teens Killed in Rollover Crash School’s out, graduations have come and gone, and summer is finally here. Scores of teens, many of whom have just graduated from high school, are taking to Dallas-area roadways with their friends for some fun before they enter college or the work force. Unfortunately, things don’t always…

NC Woman Killed After Texting about Pharrell Song “Happy” While Driving On April 24, 2014, Courtney Ann Sanford of Clemmons, NC was out driving and listening to music. She decided to pick up phone and make her feelings about a hit song by Pharrell known to all her Facebook friends via text message. The…

What is Driver Fatigue? A 2010 article in U.S. News and World Report says that driving while tired (aka “drowsy driving”) is just as dangerous as driving while intoxicated. Just like drunk driving, “tired driving” can be deadly. The state of New Jersey was the first to adopt Maggie’s Law, named after a 20-year-old…

KHOU Reports Aggie Player’s Death in Auto Accident KHOU News in Houston reported the November 2013 death of Polo Manukainiu, a 19-year-old redshirt freshman football player for the Texas A & M Aggies. Manukainiu died in a single-car rollover crash along with his cousins Gaius “Keio” Vaenuku, who had been recruited to play football at…